Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-13

7.
Haytien legation was sure that he had
something which the public of the
! United States would pore over and pom
J der. He fastened to the office OF the
| New York Associated Press. Mr. Charles
A. Boynton, who takes care of the western
end Of this institution, was in charge of
( the Office that night. The diplomat carried
q package of papers a foot thick under
! his arm. al have come" he said, "to
the office Of the Associated Press to bring
| the official report of the Inauguration of
President Solomon who has just
entered upon new ; septenate.
J Here is his inaugural address and the
programme Of the inaugural ceremonies.
{ II is in French, as had no time to trans
late it, put suppose that you, sir, have
assistants who can translate the French
tongue?" "Oh, yes" replied Mr.. Boyr-
! ton, ''we have four or five men here who
do nothing else. That is their business"
The Secretary was delighted, and bowling
profusely, he left the Office. In ten
minutes he was back again. He said that
ne had discovered on his return to the
/ AN-o1AOh tH1S IIC OHly IOpy VI Iuc OluCIul
! programme in the possession of the lega-
tion was the one that he had Just left
with Mr.. Boynton. He wanted to bor-
row it for short time in order that 8
! copy might be made to keep in the
archives. Mr.. Boynton said that he
should be happy to accommodate the gen.
tleman, but he was sorry that the rules
of the office would not permit it. The
Secretary was Gin hole" and was very
anxious to have the programme He was
willing to give bonds for its safe return,
and promised not TO keep it more than
half an hour. On this assurance Mr.
Boynton allowed 1t to leave the office.
1t was returned inside of thirty minutes,
and that evening the pile of manuscript,
which would have filled paper, was sent
out over the wires in less than 200
words.
A CONVENTION CITY.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, June 12.-Washington is
fast becoming the city of national con-
ventions. The beauties of the city itself
and the historical treasures which abound
in its immediate vicinity serve to make
it very attractive TO people from all parts
OF the country. Every one who comes
here, however, speaks of the one thing
needed. That is 3 hotel with first class
accommodations in every respect. There
is no city in the world where the hotel
proprietors look after the table and the
comfort Of the inner man as they do in
this city. But the hotel buildings them
selves are disgrace to any community.
There is not one of them which can be
called even second class. They ere we'll
furnished and well kept, but they are not
hotels. 1t will be great day for the
city when hotel OF modern design is
erected here, and the indications are now
that this will be accomplished within g
year. company of capitalists are said
to oe negotiating for site now, and they
promise to build one one of the finest |
structures of the kind in the country.
OUR CIRCULATING MEDIUM.
WASHINGTON, June 12.-The Uni-ed /
States Treasurer has prepared a stste-
ment in regard TO the circulating medium !
which shows that the circulating coin |
and currency May 81, 1884, was S1,297,-
25G, $50, being g net increase of SIS, 49,
545 as compared with the circulation May
81, 1886. The increase by items was as
follows: Gold coin, SIG, 879, 944; standard
silver dollars, 81, 463, 1884, subsidiary sill
yer, S2,246,842; gold certificates, $40,
S40,952; silver certificates, 1856 199,
and United States notes, 81, 52I 1872; to-
tai, SS7 ,O09, 045, which amount was re-
duced to S58, SGT, $40 By the decrease of
S28, 442, 498 in the circulation of national
bank notes. The principal portion of
the increase, nearly S34, 0OO,OO was in
paper currency and coin of denominations
Of $40 and under.
LANDS GONE TO RAILROADS.
WASHINGTON, June I2.-The Commits
sioner OF the General Land Office in re-
Spouse 10 call from the Pacific Railway
commissioners has caused to be prepared
and has forwarded 8 voluminous report
giving in tabular form the amounts of
land granted to and selected by and paid
for by the several companies whose af-
fairs are under investigation. A sum
mary shows the total amount granted to
the Union Pacific was II, 1909, 844 acres,
IF which amount 1,S47,GS2 acres
nave been selected and 2,6I6,I78
acres patented, leaving ,8G2,1G2 acres
20 be selected. The Central Pacific had
grant of 100000 acres. 1t has received
patents for ,O4O, 21O, and 6,513, 712 acres $
yet to be selected. The Kansas Pacific 3
lad grant of 100000 acres.
t has selected l,788,252 acres, of :
fuICu diHOuuG 900, ia acres ldQ Oe6n
offered. 1t has 4,2ll,74S acres yet re-
naming to be selected The selections :
made by the remaining companies have :
learly all been patented, and cover about
IL the available land IN their grants.
'elections are as follows: Central Branch
Union Pacific, 222, $50 acres; Western l
Pacific, 1874; Sioux City and Pacific,
1886.
MILITARY CHANGES.
WASHINGTON, June I2.-Brigader-
General Westlv Merritt has been relieved
+ the command of the West Point Mill
airy Academy July L, and assigned to the Il
of the department of the v
Iissourl, succeeding Brigadier- Gen h
raj Wilcox. General Parke of the e
orps of Engineers has been as Il
igned to the superintencY of the Mill r
sry Academy. He is now in Europe, land =
fter General Merritt's relief Lieutenant
olonel HasbrOok, the present command
at Of cadets, will discharge the duties of
lperintendent until General Parkeis re-
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